Hopefully that is all he gets. Let him go play with Sluka at JMU.
Now we have hold outs in college football
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This is a “BIG” part of the reason why… the “Drew “Rosenhaus” wannabe types repping these kids, filling their heads with bad ideas that appear to be the athletes but is actually an agent motivated by greed!
I agree with the agents for post season. Pay them out..those kids risk their draft status when they get injured
Lol I posted last week it was only a matter of time before this happened. You would think this would get the big conferences to start having players sign contracts with whoever pays their NIL money.
Seriously? 99% of these kids have a zero percent chance of making the NFL. Many of them are making more than those in the NFL with a lot less games and a shorter season.
Even though we won, didn’t Ricky White not play his final game because he didn’t want to hurt his draft status?
I'm not sure how to get there but multi-year NIL contracts are needed.
Or, at the very least, go back to more of the traditional way of dealing with transfers. If you transfer you have to sit out for a year. Maybe give everyone one "free" transfer, but after that, there's no reason you should be able to keep jumping schools. Maybe in the event that your head coach leaves, but that's about it.
Also one portal entry per career. This is something the NCAA authority over.
Wont matter. Players would sue, get granted eligibility to transfer immediately and still be able to do whatever they want. NIL needs to have enforceable contracts, just like any other league. you either sign up for 1 year contract that can be revoked or you have guaranteed terms such as multi-year commitment and penalties for breaking.
I just heard on ESPN that he had signed a 4 year contract but Tennessee found it easier just to let him go vs pursue him for breach of contract. Nice move. Good way to encourage more of that bs in the future.
Pressure growing on Nico Iamaleava’s dad after $8 million Tennessee standoff went wrong
Like many already suspected, Nico Iamaleava’s father, Nic, played a major role in his son’s drama and departure from Tennessee — despite his denial.
Worse than a greedy agent is a greedy dad. Iamaleava’s dad just ruined his future.
There’s wut..130 Division 1 schools in 2025?
Pressure growing on Nico Iamaleava’s dad after $8 million Tennessee standoff went wrong
Like many already suspected, Nico Iamaleava’s father, Nic, played a major role in his son’s drama and departure from Tennessee — despite his denial.www.yahoo.com
Worse than a greedy agent is a greedy dad. Iamaleava’s dad just ruined his future.
Someone will take a chance on him.
True. James Madison took a chance on Sluka. We'll get to see him take on Texas State this season.
I wonder how much he's getting in NiL.
There are a lot of schools, IMO, that would take a chance on him. The question though, is how much they'd be willing to pay him. It's unlikely that anyone is going to give him the $2M he was getting at Tennessee and no chance he's getting the $4M he was trying to squeeze them into paying.
He probably ends up playing somewhere else next year for a lower dollar amount, hoping to increase his value, then transfer again the following season, unless he blows up and takes a shot at the NFL.
Yep you can be sure he will be in the portal again a year from now. They said so far only UCLA and Tulane have expressed interest 🤣 🤣
When they say it isn’t about the money it is 1,000% about the money.
Sounds like it isn't a done deal yet guess he isn't getting anywhere near the $$ he hoped. Hopefully he gets a lot less than even what he had already signed for at Tennessee https://sports.yahoo.com/article/report-says-nico-iamaleava-ucla-102217832.html
It looks like DeShaun Foster wants him bad and if signed it will be for less than 2M!
So much for that other QB that they just brought in from the portal.
It will be curious to see if the other guy jumps now, or if they actually have a competition for the starter spot. The Appalachian State QB, Aguilar, passed for over 3700 yards and 33 TDs, with only 10 INT's in 2023, but dropped down to 23 TD's and 14 INT's in 2024. Still pretty good numbers.
My guess is that it will be Iamaleava as starter, and Aguilar will either jump back into the portal, or just accept whatever NIL he's getting now and hope for the best.
UCLA vs UNLV could be on FOX (not FS1) in a prime time slot, not big noon given the storylines and Las Vegas always looks cooler in a night time setting. I expect a 7:30 pm kickoff time on national television.
This is an obvious P4 audition for UNLV.
This is an obvious P4 audition for UNLV.
100% depends on the Raiders. They won't do an evening game if the Raiders have a home game afterward on Sunday. Unless the game gets flexed to Friday, in which case it would be FS1 at best.
You might be right, raiders have only hosted once to kick off the season since opening Allegiant. Rest have been away games.
I still think there’s a good chance we’ll be in a position to be on the main Fox channel vs UCLA. Again it’s an audition and lots of eyeballs will be on this game.
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